“What I'm suggesting is we are going to look back, and we're going to see what happened in Syria, and we're going to see the larger destabilization of the Middle East, the rise of extremism, and we're going to wonder... Why didn't we at least try to force a political solution - at an acceptable cost to us, because no one is saying we should send in ground troops - and if we did it would be worse than doing nothing... If we do not act, we are going to look back and wonder why we didn't.”
![“I agree with the president [Barack Obama]. I've said myself, we will not send American combat troops back to either Syria or Iraq - that is off the table.” quote by Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1b9/hillary-clinton-51_agree_i-agree-with-the-president-barack-obama_779945.jpg)
![“We've just let too many things happen. And now, try to turn around and fix it. Getting involved in a [Syria] civil war directly was never something I thought made sense.” quote by John Kasich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b04/john-kasich-1650_civil-war_we-ve-just-let-too-many-things-happen-an_2291905.jpg)
![“Do not vote for Hillary [Clinton] because she is a woman. Ask yourself, who has done more for women so far and who will do more for women in the future - and then make your choice.” quote by Anne-Marie Slaughter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fbd/anne-marie-slaughter-12363_ask-yourself_do-not-vote-for-hillary-clinton-because_507464.jpg)
![“Our approach [to global security] has changed by the way we've elevated development. The biggest lesson is to recognize global responsibility.” quote by Anne-Marie Slaughter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/27f/anne-marie-slaughter-12363_approach_our-approach-to-global-security-has-chan_756869.jpg)
![“In any case, open-seat presidential elections like 2008 just are different in character from incumbent reelects, and I think that's the most important thing about this election - is that once there's an incumbent running for reelection, most of the debate is about, "Has he [Barack Obama] done a…” quote by William Kristol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0b0/william-kristol-9091_acceptable_in-any-case-open-seat-presidential-elect_36353.jpg)